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The fact that Laganja made such a scene in untucked and then stormed out to cry and no one came to talk to her says it all.

I don't see Darienne as top 3, I think it's still Bianca, Adore and De La with Trinity as fourth if she keeps doing well. They seem to have just gone off Courtney and it wouldn't surprise me if she's out soon.
 
At this point I wouldn't be surprised if the Top 3 comprises Bianca, Darienne and Trinity. Miss K Bonet is coming out of her shell and is coming for y'all. That face she was giving in Untucked 7 when Bianca was reading Laganja was EVERYTHING.
 
Phoenix said:
The fact that Laganja made such a scene in untucked and then stormed out to cry and no one came to talk to her says it all.

I don't see Darienne as top 3, I think it's still Bianca, Adore and De La with Trinity as fourth if she keeps doing well. They seem to have just gone off Courtney and it wouldn't surprise me if she's out soon.
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I'm done with De La. If she doesn't use that chance was was given in the next episode she will be out because the judges will get bored.

Adore is adorable (HA) but still a bit green. We shall see. I'm done with Courtney - she's pretty and she can sing but that's it.
 
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At this point I wouldn't be surprised if the Top 3 comprises Bianca, Darienne and Trinity. Miss K Bonet is coming out of her shell and is coming for y'all. That face she was giving in Untucked 7 when Bianca was reading Laganja was EVERYTHING.
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I love how our Suede is starting to sound like Ms La-GANGA E-STRANZHA herself :D
 
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She's so crap I think she even said "SHASAY away" when she left :manson:
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Wasn't she referring to a particular dance move she did when she left? Being how she's a choreographer and all.

I believe it was "Chassé away".
 
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Laganja's episode 7 Untucked was a disaster and it really didn't get any better. As if the one and only Alyssa wasn't 'bad' enough (which cancels itself out because she's so unaware even when trying), all the mimicking to make a point of showing they're connected was some of the most hard to watch stuff I've ever seen on this show. I loved it, but felt guilty as it's difficult to enjoy a car crash when it's kind like being at the point where you've stopped your own car, have got out the car and now being asked to assist the casualties who are bleeding a gory death.

It's a shame that we went through Trinity's breakthrough and Laganja didn't get her moment of home truths until it was too late (her parents who didn't teach her to love herself must be so proud), plus her lip sync was better than that other queen's. I always forget the name, but the one with the overrated bottom (I should get mine out more often if that is what passes as a hot one these days). I kind of hope that Ru and Michelle can take her in for a week and 'school' her back to life. It was an uncomfortable ending (her obvious distress or disappointment), but pretty much everything that was said was true. The other one should have left though.

I did go off Courtney last episode, but she seemed more frank this week rather than "I'm just being honest" about things.

So..

Bianca (the Cocoon joke was almost as old as the audience, but he's seasoned and can do it without blinking, which those eyelashes probably make impossible to do anyway. And let's face it, he's a top with a big dick, so that makes being horrible actually a plus)
BanDeLaCreme (using the stand up as a chance to answer Michelle's critique was clearly a mistake, she's more than capable of being just as funny as anyone else)

Adore (this was a bad week, but the 80s horror week was like an outtake with Courtney Love in 200 Cigarettes)

Darienne (she's funny when being an underdog with something to say, but vile when threatened and uncertain)
Trinity (did this bitch have her routine written by Shangela? It's a novelty not looking like she's contemplating jumping off a bridge, but let's not get carried away unless she's making us high whilst pulling off Toni Braxton realness in the lip sync)
Courtney (I admire the slyness from afar, the delayed Barbie punchline was good as it tricked you into thinking it was just a really bad joke at first, but she's not captivating as an actual drag act)
Joslyn (finally I remember. "Gasp!" aside, it's all a bit squeaky clean and cutesy 'bitch please, at that age?' put-on giggles)
 
I kinda hope Courtney goes before Joslyn, JUST BECAUSE, but really they're both dead weights to me.
 
You know I may break my Menergy lifetime ban if Bianca performs. She is just fucking amazing.

I have so much love for TKB now <3

Thank Christ that fucking idiot is gone. An absolute car crash from start to finish and too self obsessed to be a proper pantomime villain.

Latest rank (and TBH I love them all in different ways)

Bianca

Adore
Ben (plummeting down in my estimations)
Courtney
TKB
Joslyn
Darienne (although she was brilliant in the challenge)
 
I think episode 8 of Untucked was the single greatest thing I've ever seen. It was like a study into mental illness.

And she ended on a hashtag! Tragic!
 
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I love how they all agreed they didn't handle the Laganja situation well, yet no one got up to do anything about it :D
 
The dramatics from Laganja were :D but :manson: at the same time "THIS IS JUST! TOO FUCKING MUCH!! I'D LIKE IT LEAVE! NO I'D LOVE TO LEAVE! CAN SOME GET MY NAIL THAT FELL OFF BECAUSE I'M SUCH A FUCKING DISASTER UGHHHH" *sobs in the corrider*
 
OMG what a pair of episodes INDEED.

THANK FUCK Lasagna is gone. My favourite moment of Untucked was when Courtney and Adore looked at each other when Lasagna was imitating Alyssa when her video was being played. :D

I really do LOVE Adore. She is a bit rough around the edges, if she'd been on the show a few years later she would probably have had a better chance, but she is such a character and I love her voxpop comments.

Bianca is head and shoulders above everyone else and at the moment I really can't see anyone else winning, now that De La has had a few bad weeks. I do think De La can pull it back though.

Darienne I just don't seem to like much, she is very fishy at times and she's kinda always in the middle ground and hasn't really done anything that makes her stand out, it's just that there are other queens who have done worse than she has each week.

Trinity was great in the stand-up which really surprised me but I think top 3 is asking a bit much especially going on what we have seen her do before. I just don't think she is quite good enough, though I really warm to her character, she seems very genuine, as does De La and Joslyn. As for Joslyn. I think she's probably come as far as she can in the competition - again, nice person, but most of the others are stronger. I did feel for her when Courtney was basically being a cunt to her. It's funny how this dark side of Courtney is emerging. It will be interesting to see how it develops.

I'd say Joslyn will be out next but it's difficult after that except Bianca is a shoe in for the top 3. At the moment I think De La and Adore, but that could change.
 
Untucked episode 8 was EVERYTHING!

Three highlights:

1. TKB's 'take it down to a 2'
2. Jocelyn's eyelash hanging off whilst Ganja had her breakdown
3. Ganja coming back from her strop off because no bitch went after her
 
:D

It may be a different world than what you're used to, however Season 6 contestant Laganja Estranja has no problem mashing up the drag scene with our very own marijuana culture. The gender-bending vixen may be the world's first pro-420 drag queen, and it shows in some of the elaborate outfits Laganja constructed over the years.

This week, Laganja Estranja was booted from the show after an unsuccessful drag-off, leading to a rather emotional moment in the show. HIGH TIMES caught up with Laganja Estranja, and throughout the entire interview I referred to him as a girl and her fellow male cast members as sisters. Laganja called me girl (despite me actually being a guy) -- and the Earth continued to spin.

We both grew up in Texas, and personally I hated it. The entire state seemed oppressive. How was growing up in Texas for you?
Growing up in Texas as a little kid was awesome. I was really lucky to have supportive parents. I was doing professional theater by the age of seven, so my whole childhood was spent in the theater and around gay people and those who were more open minded. It wasn't until I got to middle school and high school when I developed issues and definitely had trouble with people, but I thought it was a bigger deal than it actually was. It wasn't as bad as everyone thinks it would be.

Now you live in Van Nuys, California. How's the herb out there?
The herb is pretty good. I have a place literally within walking distance of my house and they always hook it up, they've got great edibles.

Are they fans of Laganja Estranja?
No actually, I have another store I go to in Fillmore, California and they do watch the show, but the [dispensary] in Van Nuys, I don't think they have any idea what RuPaul's Drag Race is.

I just finished watching the show's most recent episode in which you were kicked off and you made an interesting statement before you departed. You said you thought the human race was evil. Can you dive into that?
At that point I was completely broken. I was tired, I haven't been able to smoke in four weeks at that point, so I was going through a detox -- which is really insane. That was a very dark moment for me. I do definitely believe a lot of people are evil, we feed off people and it's something we think makes great TV. Evil is innate in our nature and it's up to us to move past that.

Well on the show it did seem fairly blatant that your fellow sisters backstabbed you.
At the end of the day I think the girls were very threatened by my talent. I think they would do pretty much whatever they had to do to break me down. Backstab is a little harsh, I would just say they chose themselves over the group mentality.
[As I was getting to my next question, I overheard Laganja ask someone for hot peppers as the sound of a cash register jingled in the background.]

What are you eating?
I'm getting a large thin crust pepperoni pizza with ranch!

Are you currently stoned right now?
Of course! I'm not on TV no more girl so I can do what I want. I had to get up at 9am, so I woke up and waked and baked so I can talk my little head off.

How was that entire process of marijuana detox? Wouldn't it have been easier to tell the producers of the show that you're medically legal in California?
My name is Laganja, and I was very up front with them about it that I'm legal and I have a prescription -- it wasn't a joke for me, it's a real medicine. Marijuana is something I use for back pain, sleeping, eating. Detoxing was insane. The last time I've gone that long without marijuana was when I was 18. It was the most intense experience I've had in my life -- there's no other way to say it.

Then it's safe to say if you had herb you would have performed better on the show.
Oh absolutely, and I believe I would have gone all the way [in the show]. If I were able to have my medicine and relax and live my life, I would have won. We filmed for 14 hours a day. I never tucked -- which is basically putting your dick in between your legs in your asshole -- I never tucked without being high. So not having weed took a toil on me. When I finally get kicked off and came home, I was really depressed. Trying to reintegrate marijuana in my life was such a surreal thing. I got too high.

What happened to all of your wild weed-themed outfits that you're known for?
I had them, but you didn't see them did you?

I didn't -- why didn't I see them?
Well, I'll let you take a guess on that. Half of my wardrobe was reduced.

RuPaul's Drag Race airs on Logo TV and is filmed in California, you would think they would be a little more open to marijuana culture.
That's the world we live in.

Do you find it impossible to be pro-marijuana and anti-gay rights since both struggles are so similar?
Yeah, absolutely and that's one of the things I found that's so disappointing. I feel weed culture is very homophobic. Many places that I've been that are marijuana friendly, there's a lot of 'bros' and straight dudes, and they look at me like 'who's this fucking faggot repping our scene?' It's really sad. You would think that our marijuana culture would be open. I was always told that weed was such a bad thing, but then of course when I smoked it I realized that it wasn't. So I wondered how many other things people say is bad that really isn't. I was hoping that I would have all these stoner fans and that it would be an awesome way to bring together the two cultures, but unfortunately I haven't seen that yet.

You've said being in drag 'pays your soul,' what does that mean?
I graduated school with a dance degree, tried working in LA, and nothing worked. I couldn't get hired anywhere. However gay people loved me, so all I had to do was put on a dress and do the same thing. I don't really view drag as being a woman, drag is just a way for me to showcase what I really love, which is dance. I was just in Ireland with my drag mother Alyssa Edwards performing in front of 2,000 people and it was the most moving moment in my life. I get emotional just thinking about it. It didn't matter if I was wearing a wig, a pot smoker, or if I was gay -- I was in Ireland dancing with my best friend, and that's so freeing. Drag has allowed me to be who I've always wanted to be and share what I love with everyone.
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That explains quite a lot about Lasagna's behaviour during the show. WHAT A FUCKING MESS. :D
 
You've Got She-Mail has been dropped from all future episodes due to it's offensive nature.

:daf::manson::daf:
 
To be fair (and in the interest of not misrepresenting events), that segment being dropped is a side-effect of a larger issue the show's had with trans-related language recently.
 
It's always been apparent that RUPAUL is transphobic :manson: x infinity

It seemed ok for Carmen Carrera when she was on the show.
 
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Doesn't guessing the wrong answer to a segment blurring the lines between being a woman and a drag queen not make a mockery of the labels rather than reducing trans people to a subordinate femininity? In the context of the show, I don't feel 'she male' is violent at all, or at least not the intention (which really should be acknowledged if a complaint is going to be made, responsibility and consideration of the language we use works both ways if that's the card being played here). Maybe Gia Gunn's "lady boy? you lady boy?" will be deleted from the DVD too.

A more pressing concern should be to bring back a proper, more intimate, reunion episode. Season 1's was amazing for this - I seem to remember Shannel really having a good time of it purging out all her fully rational concerns. Not even a Summer Heights High spin-off for Mr G could rival that one's entertaining delusions. Maybe SHH isn't the best show to talk about having just been discussing transphobia though.
 
Loved Trinity and her "birds of a feather flock together realness. If ONLY he'd served PAULINE QUIRK.

Joslyn "Soooo... What do you think about ABORTION" Fox should've been in the bottom two. Another FABULOUS lipsynch however.
 
Poor TKB :( Her runway look took my breath away.

Happy that DeLa brought it this week. Her runway look was fabulous as well.

Courtney Act stepped it up as well.
 
Since when don't the runways actually count? Obviously striking up chit chat with two quiet people clearly takes higher priority.

Chad takes himself way too seriously - Georgia on her own or Paula would have made for better TV.

TKB's runway was a series standout. It was an amazing lip sync to an amazing song, but the somersault sealed it.

Joslyn should have been bottom two, and she would have been flushed out with ease. The self-aware giggles at being rubbish irritates me now in a similar way to Ross Matthews on Chelsea Lately. I can't bare it.

Darienne could have worked the whole earring falling off with a Wendy Williams style "welcome to the new face of daytime TV - A MESS".

Courtney and BenDeLaCreme were safe.

Absolutely no one was better than just good at this week's challenge.

Bianca
Adore
BenDeLaCreme

Courtney
Darienne

Joslyn
 
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I really don't like Courtney, she's good and all but I just want her off my screen. This was also probably my least favorite episode since the premier.

Michelle's line about being replaced by Meryl was the best thing. Also Cher's mum is really hung up on the depression era thing, she really needs to get over it before she dies.
 
WHY IS JOSLYN (AND DARIENNE) STILL THERE? Loved Courtney - who was fucking amazing this week - comparing her to Dida Ritz.

Michelle's Merle line was definitely the best thing this episode.

Can we take a moment to consider Paula Abdul's new face? It's a fine job but it's CLEARLY NOT HER!
 
I saw Marle on one of those tv shows (insider or omg yahoo) the other day and she is not looking good despite being the editor of some trashy website.
 
I definitely missed the Merle line, when did it happen so I can look back?

The story of them having their ensembles made for them makes me a bit suspicious when either there is a huge gap in quality between them or the runway look seems to only matter when it's shit.
 
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